Meta just settled for $17.1 billion over concerns about children’s social media addiction. UCSF pediatrician and youth screen-time expert @jasonmnagata explains what the changes could mean for kids’ health and what parents should watch for.
After melanoma surgery, Mark Orwig joined a UCSF Health trial testing a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine to reduce the risk of melanoma returning. Federal research funding fueled the early mRNA science that made it possible — keeping Mark on the court. tiny.ucsf.edu/i9bINg
Mark Orwig, a 73-year-old tennis coach, joined 1,136 other skin cancer patients around the globe in testing intismeran autogene, an experimental treatment that drugmakers say is the most promising example of cancer vaccines built using messenger RNA. wapo.st/4cR9Tev
People with eating disorders wait more than two-and-a-half years on average before starting treatment. UCSF is receiving $9 million to launch a national center to change that, bringing together research, education, and clinical care.
Nearly 700 internal firearms industry documents are now public after a lawsuit revealed how a retailer ignored warning signs before a straw buyer’s gun was used in a 2021 mass shooting. UCSF’s new archive could help researchers study industry practices.
